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R. Moshe Yehoshua Zelig son of R. Menachem Mendel HaKohen

Aizpute / Hasenpoth

Originally from the town of Pilten, a student of the Gaon Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin.

He served in the town's rabbinate from around1) the year 5599 (1839) until the end of the year 5612 (1852), when he traveled to the Land of Israel and there passed away on 14 Sivan 5613 (20 June 1853).2)

A will written by him (written on Thursday, 10 Tevet 5609) was printed (Königsberg, no date indicated, and reprinted several times). An approbation from him in the book Ginzei HaMelekh (manuscript) is cited here.

Latvia and Rabbis

1)
So writes Rabbi Avitzinsky. But he himself writes in his will, p. 14: “In the year 5588, after Passover, the courtyard was sold… where I resided, and I was compelled to travel and had no known place, and thank God a letter of rabbinate was sent to me from Goldingen and from Hasenpoth with great honor.”
2)
A copy from the register of the Chevra Kadisha in Toldot Chakhemei Yerushalayim, vol. 3, p. 232, no. 16, and not as Rabbi Avitzinsky wrote that he passed away on 15 Av.